Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-06-24
NDENSED DISPATCHES.

The new iron duties were passed by tn,
Canadian House of Commons on Wednesday
last.
Julia A. Sullivan of Dover, N. II, was re-
ported drowned at Dover Point, Wednesday
She is not dead, but stopping with friends a1
Portsmouth.
The prospects for the Harvard Columbia
boat race on Thursday were not very promis
ing. 1t was raining hard and the water was
unfit for rowing.
Mr. +. Trenholm, comptroller of the eur.
rency, has arrived at Cincinnati and taken
charge of the Fidelity National Bank More
arrests are probable.
Silver chasers at New York, who have
been on strike for nearly three months, are
forsakng the Knights and being taken back
by their employers.
During the shower Wednesday night, light
nipg struck the depot at Bradford, N. H..
and set fire to waste material in the part used
as dwelling house, frightened horses and
damaged teams waiting Tor passengers.
John Sugland of Brattleboro, VT, on trial
for the murder of Helen A. Burt, whose BODY
was found in the Connecticut river, Sunday
committed suicide by hanging in his cell,
Thursday.
terrible mining accident has occurred at
Nantcoke, Pa. 1t is reported that four men
have been killed and five injured. The loss
however, may be far greater. The damage
to the mine is very heavy.
VIM. T. Townsend, navigator of the
schooner Anna VI. Estell, reports that June
l6, the ship City of Boston from Pensacola,
May 10, for Liverpool lumber laden, was
wrecked of reef near Elbow Key, Bahamas,
The steamer Providence is still aground
No attempt was made to float her Thursday
morning on account of the gale. Prepara
tions were made to make another attempt to
float her at high tide Thursday night.
The fire caused by the explosion in Rob-
erts, Dale & Co.'S chemical works at Man
chester, N. H., has been overcome. Great
damage was done to Pomona Palace and
manv other buildings, to which the flames
spread. Two persons were killed
A six story building in New York, Nos.
l79 and lSl Louis street, occupied by Simon
Strauss. cigar manufacturer, and VIM. Coffin n,
shoe manufacturer. burned about one o'clock
Thursday morning. Loss, $4,000; insur.
ance not known.
Prof. Nichols Crouch Of Baltimore, Md,
author of kathleen Mavourneen" and many '
other popular ballards, has been given fel
lowship by the London Society of Arts, Let
ters and Science. He is in his eighty seventh
year.
Belle Girard, Philadelphia actress, went
to New Brunswick, Friday, and Wednesday
night was found unconscious in an old hack.
When restored she said she had met three
men who drugged her. DIR. Shannon says
she has suffered brutal outrage. Her condi.
ton is serious.
Z. H. Deber, the travelling agent for New
York silver plating house, shot himself dead
Tuesday at his boarding house in ST. Paul,
Mimi, on account of having lost all his
money in gambling. Altogether he has had
twelty- y-seven children, one of whom was the
famous Cora Pearl, who died in Paris no,
long ago.
Moses J. Speights of New York, a boy IL
wears old, an inmate Of the house of refuge
on RandalPs Island, Wednesday night struck
his keeper with heavy stick from the effects
of which be died Friday. The blow wa'
dealt to enable Speights to gain possession OF
he keys and make his escape with the othel
boys.